Conservation Biologist and CEO Interests: Human-Wildlife Conflicts and Mitigation, Movement Ecology, Population Studies, Carnivore Research, Turtle Demographics and Movement, Citizen Science, Road Ecology, Fencing for Conservation and Ecological Restoration
-NEWS - Sept 2023 - I start a new and exciting role as President and CEO of the Turtle Survival Alliance.
Please see the website for more information as to what we do to protect turtles
Wildlife biologist and reformed capital markets banker. My interests lie in human-wildlife conflicts, carnivore behaviour in small reserves and population dynamics of wildlife in urban centres. I have field sites in Kenya (at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy), where I study carnivore behaviour, prey-traps, wildlife fencing, as well as issues arising in communities living on the borders of wildlife conservancies. More recently, I work with pancake tortoises in Northern Kenya.
I am currently an adjunct faculty member at York University and will not be teaching any courses as of Sept 2024. I used to teach Introduction to Biology, Ecology, and Behavioural Ecology both in French and/or in English. I have also developed a new course called "La vie sauvage de Toronto", an urban ecology course for non-science majors. I am active as an urban field biologist and work closely with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) where I study turtle demographics in urban and created wetlands as well as the effects of persistent road mortality on turtle demographics.
Education: InstitutionDegreeYear York University Ph.D. Biology (Ecology & Evolution) 2016 York University Master of Environmental Studies (Wildlife Conservation) 2010 University of British Columbia Master of Business Administration 1993 University of Ottawa Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) 1988